8 Blatantly Misleading Movie Posters Drugstore Cowboy
It's a great poster, full of Gen X 'tude, but it doesn't exactly scream 'drug addiction': compare and contrast with the end-of-the-line mordancy of Requiem For A Dream's one-sheet or the alienation that drips from Midnight Cowboy's promo. The poster would work if instead of Gus van Sant, Drugstore Cowboys had been directed by, say, Cameron Crowe, and instead of hooning vast amounts of heroin, the doe-eyed Matt Dillon spent the movie hanging around Seattle nightclubs talking about girls. It wasn't, so it doesn't.
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Stating the obvious, but...
Posted on Thursday July 30, 2009, 14:16 by Redeye_UK
I was going to suggest Phantom Menace, but apart from Maul's eyes, all that poster promised was a naked Threepio, some bint with a funny hairdo and odd makeup, an annoying brat, McGregor looking like a berk, and a floppy-eared moron. And Liam Neeson.
Guess it wasn't that misleading after all. Read More
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Posted on Thursday July 16, 2009, 14:48 by nathanhb
Have a look at Zombie Diaries UK and US artwork. Good film, ridiculous covers! Read More
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RE: marley and me
Posted on Thursday July 16, 2009, 10:44 by petecriss8000
A Room For Romeo Brass, anyone? Blue underpants?? Read More
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